World Briefs

Canadian regulators have refuted a claim by Royal Bank of Scotland that it is “co-operating fully" with authorities around the world in the Libor probe. In a move that escalates an ongoing spat, the Canadian Competition Bureau said it felt duty bound to point out inaccuracies it spotted in a recent regulatory filing made by RBS that said it was working with regulators. “The suggestion that the RBS Group is ‘co-operating fully’ with the bureau is false," the authority said. The Telegraph

President Barack Obama’s pick to be the next commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan said he foresees maintaining American forces and equipment in the country after international contingents leave by the end of 2014. But Marine General Joseph Dunford made clear his job will be to close down an unpopular war that is in its 12th year. The Washington Post

Singapore said growth this year will be at the lower end of its previous forecast and the expansion in 2013 may hold near a three-year low. The economy will grow 1 per cent to 3 per cent in 2013 after expanding about 1.5 percent this year, the Trade Ministry said on Friday.Bloomberg

Pakistan has carried out its first execution in four years, sparking criticism from human rights activists.

Mohammed Hussain was a soldier sentenced to death in 2009 for murdering a colleague, said an official at the jail in Mianwali city where Hussain was hanged. AP

Lemnos Labs is funding Momentum Machines, which is developing a burger-making robot named Patty that can assemble a cooked burger and bag it in less than 30 seconds. The company was founded by Zelman and Jeremy Conrad in San Francisco.Bloomberg